I saw a very old photograph a while back. It showed the tender toughness of naked women heading out to sea, harmonized with the softness of surrounding pebbles. The lingering scent of a world wafting ever so slightly from this photograph liquefied not only the "Japanese" image that had solidified inside me, but also my image of "human beings," transforming into forms I could not even grasp.Several years later, I found myself in the middle of southern seas, following a free diving fisher while remembering the conversations I had with my grandpa as a child."Cover your ears with both hands. Then you hear the sounds of the vowels A-O-U-E-I, which move the universe."When I did it, I could hear a roaring sound inside my body, which then gradually became the nameless universe that flows while engulfing everything.I imagine that from ancient times, human beings have liberated their souls into the overwhelming presence of the ocean. Perhaps it is because we needed to keep on reminding our mind and body, which could from time to time become domesticated without even realizing it, that an ocean resides inside all of us.

撮影: 椎木静寧

Stills from the video | 映像スチール

カブグァス

Kabugwas

2016

シングルチャンネルFHDビデオ、サウンド

Single-channel Full HD Video with sound

6分39秒 (ループ）6' 39" (loop) 800 x 450 cm（ドマーニ展時)

撮影: 椎木静寧

Saga ∞ Naga2016

ドローイングシリーズ（鉛筆、インクジェットプリント）

A series of pencil drawing on inkjet print158 x 111 cm each

seawall ／ 岩手・門之浜 #1

seawall ／ Iwate・Kadonohama #1

2016

インクジェットプリント、MC画材用紙

Inkjet print on MC Art paper

152.5 x 111.5 cm

海辺で拾った捨てられてたビニール製パッケージなどを素材にSaga ∞ Naga インスタレーションのKosod-Kosod制作風景／スリガオ・デル・サー、フィリピンMaking of the Kosod-Kosod with plastic wrappers collected from and around sea for the installation Saga ∞ Naga / Surigao del Sur, the Philippines